116th Avenue & 229th Street

The four-way crossing of 116th Avenue and 229th Street is in Cambria Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cambria Heights Post Office is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Blvd/228 St, is 850 feet away for the Q4 and QM64. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and five places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

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116th Avenue & 229th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/228 St, 850 feet away, for the Q4 and QM64.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Blvd/228 St Q4, QM64
    850 feet
    Q4 QM64

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q4 …
  2. QM64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & Linden Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 216-04 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11411
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cambria Heights
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 100 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Storybook, and built in 1931.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Word Christian Academy School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cambria Heights Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cambria Heights Post Office
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.